Que reste-t-il à découvrir dans l’Univers ?

The lecture is of exceptional quality, delivered by a leading expert in the field. Françoise Combes demonstrates a deep understanding of cosmology and presents complex concepts in an accessible yet rigorous manner. The historical context provided, from Lord Kelvin to Camille Flammarion, enriches the narrative and highlights the progress made. The discussion of the Hubble tension and the early formation of galaxies is current and accurately reflects the state of research. The speaker is careful to distinguish between established facts and hypotheses, such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy. The sources cited are credible, including the Planck satellite and the James Webb Space Telescope. The only minor criticism is that the lecture is aimed at a general audience, so some technical details are simplified, but this does not detract from its scientific value. The title is perfectly matched to the content, as the lecture indeed addresses what remains to be discovered. Overall, this is an excellent presentation that both informs and inspires.

The title accurately reflects the content: an exploration of open questions in cosmology, focusing on dark matter, dark energy, and the Hubble tension.

9/10

Presentation by a leading astrophysicist, professor at Collège de France and president of the French Academy of Sciences, with a solid track record. The content is up-to-date and based on established cosmological models, though it includes speculative elements (dark matter, dark energy) clearly identified as such.

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• 02:00Introduction: Lord Kelvin's prediction and the two clouds (ether and blackbody radiation).
• 05:00Explanation of the observable horizon and how looking far means looking back in time.
• 10:00The four elements of antiquity and the modern composition: baryonic matter, leptons, photons, dark matter, and dark energy.
• 15:00Camille Flammarion's intuition about island universes and the discovery of galaxies.
• 20:00Henrietta Leavitt's Cepheid variables and the distance ladder.
• 25:00Hubble's law and the expansion of the universe, with credit to Lemaître.
• 30:00The Big Bang model and the cosmic microwave background.
• 40:00Dark matter: evidence from galaxy rotation curves and gravitational lensing.
• 50:00Dark energy and the accelerating expansion.
• 1:00:00The Hubble tension and the crisis in cosmology.
• 1:10:00Early galaxies and supermassive black holes: challenges to the model.
• 1:20:00Future missions and the search for answers.

• Planck satellite — Mentioned as providing the cosmic microwave background fluctuations.
• James Webb Space Telescope — Mentioned as observing early galaxies and supermassive black holes.
• Euclid mission — Mentioned as a future mission to study dark matter and dark energy.

• Planck Collaboration — Provides measurements of the cosmic microwave background, supporting the ΛCDM model.
• Riess et al. (2019) — Measurement of the Hubble constant using Cepheids and supernovae, highlighting the tension.

• MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics)